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Lucian Freud

Born

in Berlin, Germany

December 08, 1922

Died

July 20, 2011

Genre

Arts & Photography

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Lucian Michael Freud was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Freud got his first name "Lucian" from his mother in memory of the ancient writer Lucian of Samosata. His family moved to England in 1933, when he was 10 years old, to escape the rise of Nazism. He became a British naturalized citizen in 1939. From 1942 to 1943 he attended Goldsmiths College, London. He served at sea with the British Merchant Navy during the Second World War.

His early career as a painter was influenced by surrealism, but by the early 1950s his often stark and alien ...more

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	Lucian Freud by Lucian Freud (Illustrator), William Feaver 4.49 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud Painting People /anglais by Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Martin Gayford (Introduction) 4.21 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freud at Work: Lucian Freud in Conversation with Sebastian Smee by Lucian Freud, Bruce Bernard, Sebastian Smee 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud: 1996-2005 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud by Lucian Freud, Bruce Bernard (Editor, Introduction), Derek Birdsallian 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud On Paper by Lucian Freud, Richard Calvocoressi (Contributor), Sebastian Smee (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud's Sketchbooks by Lucian Freud, Sarah Howgate (Introduction), Martin Gayford (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artist's Eye: Lucian Freud 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucian Freud Works on Paper really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freud on Constable-Hb by Lucian Freud, William Feaver really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.”
― Lucian Freud

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“The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.”
― Lucian Freud

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“When I'm painting people in clothes I'm always thinking very much of naked people, or animals dressed.”
― Lucian Freud

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